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Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what
When making puchkas, I was pretty sure it would work as a main course in a pastry case. And let me tell you, it worked beautifully!
Savoury Baked Oats
For brunch today, I had an absolutely delicious savoury baked oats dish and I give that version in the recipe card. I have had a little ponder and come up with lots of other flavour possibilities too.
Home made popcorn, less than half the price of shop bought
I noticed that popcorn could be done in the microwave, so I thought I would have a go, having previously always done it on the hob.
Home made blackcurrant jam
Make the most of this seasonal treat by making a few pots of wonderful jam
Cheapy Bread Rolls. An hour from bag to table
These are simply divine, hot out of the oven with a generous slice of cheese in the middle, so it half melts. They only take an hour from start to finish!
Chocolate Fudge Cake, made with / out eggs
A moist chocolate fudge cake recipe that can easily convert to a vegan chocolate fudge cake
Stuck in limbo in a loft extension
We had a large loft and decided that we’d like to convert that as well. We wanted a bedroom each end and a bathroom in the middle. Nothing complicated, but my goodness, it took us a long time to get the go-ahead.
Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan
These noodles don’t take too long and you can really stretch out a few shreds of chicken or keep it vegan
Faggots and gravy
A delicious, nutritious, old fashioned recipe that’s super cheap too
Bacon & Sweetcorn Pie
This recipe is one of those extremely variable ones. You can bake this as a pie, or steam it as a pudding and change the filling in a great many ways. This version costs just 32p a serving, including all sides
Onion Bhajis
In these times of stripped supermarket shelves, recipes using minimal ingredients are even more useful that normal
Love your Leftovers – Bananas
Over ripe bananas, we all get them. We buy nice, ripe bananas, and blink, before we know it, they’re over ripe, and not nice to eat. We waste an incredible 162 MILLION of them, every year. In Britain alone! Wow!